Here's Luke's third and final review. He's been following the band on a string of east coast dates, but Pittsburgh has been the last one.

Once again he was able to speak to Isaac and managed to get a few snippets of info, mainly it sounds that the band is planning on lining up a few more festival dates later this year and some shows in Canada.

Modest Mouse played the third show of it's tour in Pittsburgh to another sold
out crowd.

Taking the stage at 9:00 PM, they opened with Gravity Rides everything.

Donning his banjo, Bury Me With It was played, much to the excitement of the
crowd.

Lampshades on Fire was played, with some in the crowd actually booing, giving
the band the middle finger, and screaming "fuck the new shit." Others were
grooving to the song and enjoying the "new shit." Isaac once again added a
bit of a jam to the bridge.

Next, The View was played, with an awesome extended jam towards the end that
I have yet to hear during this song.

Isaac picked up his banjo again, starting with a banjo riff while singing
"I used to be an old time nothing," among other lyrics. The band then opened
into Satin In a Coffin, with lots of the crowd starting to mosh and a few members
crowd-surfing.

Continuing with the banjo, King Rat was played, once again with a small, but
boisterous few expressing their displeasure.

Bassist Russell Higbee started into Dramamine, with the rest of the band following.
The extended version was played, with Isaac borrowing lyrics from Life Like
Weeds. Isaac eventually started screaming into his pickups, with the crowd
going bonkers.

Dashboard followed, with, once again, many in the crowd unhappy.

Ansel followed, with what was the sloppiest version I have heard thus far.
It appeared that Russell perhaps skipped a verse on the pump organ, leaving
the rest of the band fumbling to catch up. Isaac appeared a little angry, but
they eventually sorted it out and continued with the song.

Missed The Boat came next, with most of the crowd singing along again.

Shit Luck was next, with large amounts of head banging and moshing from nearly
everyone in the crowd.

Education followed, with a truly awesome jam at the end, which appeared to
fall on deaf ears. Isaac took a few power chords and turned them into a dancey,
raucous outro.

Next was Custom Concern, followed by Black Cadillacs. The band then took off
their instruments, and with not much of a crowd response, explained that "that's
it."

After an encore break, they returned with Poison The Well, which had yet to
be played this tour. The bridge seemed to be extended, with a heavy guitar
riff that sounded like it could be straight off of Lonesome Crowded West.

Fire It Up came next, with a large amount of the crowd singing along.

What followed was hands down, the coolest moment of the three shows I attended.
Tiny Cities Made of Ashes was played, with Modest Mouse showcasing what they
are all about. The band truly sounded in sync, allowing Isaac to go off on
his guitar, leading a brutal onslaught of magnificence. Tom Peloso was on the
upright bass, which I am a sucker for. It truly was a culmination of all that
the band is: music that makes you want to dance while simultaneously breaking
everything in sight. Isaac moved about the stage, literally hitting his guitar
with closed fists in a truly awesome rendition. Afterwards, Isaac joked with
the crowd, explaining one could make millions of dollars off of a "non-sexual,
sexual lubricant" that would eliminate the holes in his hand from playing guitar
so violently.

Dance Hall was next, with much of the crowd dancing along and chanting with
Isaac.

Ending the night was Bob Dylan's You Ain't Goin' Nowhere, with members of
the crowd booing once again.

Overall, this was a solid show. It appeared that the band was more in sync,
which led to some awesome improvisation. The crowd was pretty young, and there
were some truly annoying people that got in the way of the music. The fact
that people were booing new songs is just ridiculous: don't come to a show
if you don't want to hear new music, especially from a band that is in the
process of creating a new album. A fight broke out about five feet from me
because some drunk guy apparently groped some buzz-cut dick-head's girlfriend,
leading to a solid 10 minute altercation that was completely unnecessary. When
I was leaving the show, some guy was complaining to me how they played Shit
Luck with a "bunch of 22 year olds that don't deserve to play with Isaac."
I explained that Tom Peloso and Jeremiah Green were both present, who have
been playing with the band for quite some time. It was also a bit disappointing
to hear songs that had been played the previous two nights, with only Poison
the Well being an unplayed song.

Prior to the show, I was able to talk to Isaac for a few minutes, who agreed
to answer a few questions for me. I asked him how it was working with Big Boi,
and he explained "it was fun, we basically smoked a lotta weed with him in
the studio. He wasn't too involved, we were just testing the waters." I asked
if other than Firefly, there were any other shows he could share and he mentioned
"something in Toronto, or maybe Montreal." He was with Davey Brozowsky, the
drummer filling in, who said "I thought we weren't doing that anymore though."
At this point Isaac was moving into the gated off area, so I asked when we
could be expecting a new album. He explained "when we finish it," then grinned.
"Nah, we are working on it though." He moved into the gated area, wishing me
a good day. So, it would appear the time spent with Big Boi was more of a time
used getting inspired, and no news of a album release date.

This marks the end of my travels with the band, but shows at Orion Fest in
Atlantic City, Governors Ball in New York City, and a final date in Columbus
Ohio are still yet to be played, along with Firefly Festival in Delaware, later
this summer.

Thanks to Luke for taking the time to write up these posts and for doing his best to speak to members of the band to get some new info.